- adulterated
- Impure; mingled with or deteriorated by a foreign substance in imitation of the genuine article.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
adulterated
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adulterated — adj. 1. having been made impure by addition of inferior ingredients; said of substances or foods Note: used ususally of articles of commerce, dulted with less costly materials so as to enhance profit; usually imlying that the dilution is… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adulterated — [ə dul′tərāt΄id] adj. 1. made inferior, impure, etc. by adulterating 2. that does not conform to legal standards of purity, processing, labeling, etc. * * * … Universalium
adulterated — I adjective artificial, contaminated, corrupted, debased, defiled, degraded, deteriorated, devalued, fraudulent, impaired, impure, infected, perverted, polluted, spoiled, spurious, tainted, weakened II index inferior (lower in quality), tainted ( … Law dictionary
adulterated — [adj] debased or dirty attenuated, blended, contaminated, corrupt, defiled, degraded, depreciated, deteriorated, devalued, diluted, dissolved, impaired, mixed, polluted, tainted, thinned, vitiated, watered down, weakened; concept 485 Ant. clean,… … New thesaurus
adulterated — [ə dul′tərāt΄id] adj. 1. made inferior, impure, etc. by adulterating 2. that does not conform to legal standards of purity, processing, labeling, etc … English World dictionary
Adulterated — Adulterate A*dul ter*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Adulterated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Adulterating}.] [L. adulteratus, p. p. of adulterare, fr. adulter adulterer, prob. fr. ad + alter other, properly one who approaches another on account of unlawful love … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adulterated — un·adulterated; … English syllables
adulterated semiconductor — užterštasis puslaidininkis statusas T sritis radioelektronika atitikmenys: angl. adulterated semiconductor vok. verunreinigtes Halbleitermaterial, n rus. загрязнённый полупроводник, m pranc. matériau semi conducteur contaminé, m … Radioelektronikos terminų žodynas
adulterated coin — Coin made of gold or silver intermixed or adulterated, with base metal. The term is sometimes erroneously used for base coin. Gabe v State, 6 Ark 540, 542. See base coin … Ballentine's law dictionary
adulterated — adjective Mixed with impurities … Wiktionary
adulterated — Synonyms and related words: airy, attenuate, attenuated, blemished, cut, damaged, defective, deficient, dilute, diluted, erroneous, ethereal, fallible, faulty, fine, flimsy, found wanting, gaseous, immature, impaired, imperfect, imprecise, impure … Moby Thesaurus
